Labeling and pasting apparatus



(No Model.)

. E. H. FAULKNER.

LABELING AND PASTING APPARATUS. No. 405,466. Patented June 18, 11889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

ELIAB H. FAULKNER, OF DEPOSIT, NEV YORK.

LABELING AND PASTING APPARATUS.

Patent No. 405,466, dated :rune 18, 1889. saai Nt. 270,895. (No model.)

To all whom, t may con/cern:

Be it known that 1, ELIAB H. FAULKNER, of Deposit, in the count-y ofBroome and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Labelingand Fasting Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description. u My invention relates to a labeling and pastingapparatus, and has for its object to provide a device whereby labels maybe expeditiously applied to bottles or packages with The inventionconsists in the construction and combination of the several parts, aswill be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis speciiication, in which similar iigures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views. Figure 1 is a plan View of thedevice. Fig. is a longitudinal vertical section on line oc of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line y y of Fig. 1. Fig'. 4 is atransverse section on line e a of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is aplanV view ofthe label receptacle and pad with the guide-plate removed.

In carrying out the invention a base 10 is provided, preferably rectangularin shape and of greater length than width, from which base a post11 is projected, and upon the post 11 a table 12 is secured. The post 11is tubular, and the table is provided with perforations 13 immediatelyover the post. From the rear of the post apipe 14 is curved upward,which pipe is adapted to support a cylinder 15, having a suitabledetachable cap or cover 16. Upon-the upper face of the table 12arectangular flange 17 is secured surrounding the apertures 13, wherebya compartment 18 is produced. In the compartment 1S and 4bearing uponthe table a spring 1-9 is longitudinally held, and upon said spring aperforated plate 2O is supported, which perforated plate may be attachedto the spring, if so desired. Upon the perforated plate 2O the pad 21,of any suitable absorbent material, is rested, either attached to theplate or detachable therefrom, as in practice may be found mostdesirable.

The cylinder 15 is adapted to hold a paste, which, finding its waythrough the tube connecting the cylinder and post and up through thepost, oozes through the apertures 13 into the compartment 1S, fromwhence, when the pad 21 is compressed, the said paste passes upwardthrough the perforations in the plate 20, saturating the pad `andappearing upon the surface' thereof.

' Upon the base a rectangular boX or casing 22 is built or constructedhaving an open top, which casing or box is situated convenient to thecylinder and pad-table above described.

In the receptacle 23, formed by the casing 22 at each side of itscenter, springs 24 are secured to its bottom, and centrally within saidreceptacle a pad 25 is provided, which pad is adapted to project upward,preferably in alignment with the upper edges of the casing. Aguide-plate 26, adapted to the inner contour of the receptacle 23, isadapted to rest upon the springs 24, the said guide-plate be ingprovided with a rectangular opening 27, through which opening the pad 25is adapted to project, the said opening being of such a width as topermit a free vertical movement of the guide-plate around the pad. Uponthe guide-plate adjacent to the pad-opening and ata slight distanceupward therefrom a flange 28 is secured, adapted to project upward andsurround the pad-opening, preferably upon three sides.

At one side of the casing 22 spaced aligning `arms 2 9 are pivoted,which arms, extending upward and having an inclination outward, areadapted to sustain an open box or holder 30, the said box being open atthe top and upon the front, or that side facing the casing 22. Theholder is adapted to contain the surplus labels which are to be placedon the bottles or packages, the said labels being held in position by anelastic band extending from side to side of the holder, or-by any otherequivalent or approved device.

In operation a quantity of labels are placed upon the label-pad v25, andthe bottles or packages to which the labels are to be affixed arearranged adjacent to the pasting-table. The cylinder 15 having been lledwith paste, which paste having found its way to the pad IOO 21, a bottleor package is taken up by the operator and pressed upon the pad 2l.Thereupon tlie said pad is depressed, and paste, passing' up through theperforated plate 2O and oozing out through said pad, is communicated tothe contact-surface of the bottle or package. The bottle or package withits surface thus covered with paste is carried to the label-pad andrested upon the langes surrounding the pad-opening in the guide-plate.By pressing upon the box or package the guide-plate is depressed, andthe springs 24, upon which the said guide-plate rests,'are alsodepressed. This movementj brings the pastecovered surface of the bottleor package in contact with the uppermost label upon the label-pad, whichlabel clings to the pasted surface, whereupon the operation is complete.

It will thus be. observed that, the box or bottles being arrangedadjacent to the pasting-table, the operator, standing in front or at theside of the said pasting-table, may quickly apply the bottle or packageto the pasting table or pad, and turn about, depress thefguide-plate,and thereby affix the proper label.

It will also be observed that by reason of the springs 24, when theguide-plate is depressed by the bottle or package for the purpose ofafiixing the label to the pasted surface, on said label being affixedand the bottle or package removed, the springs, reacting, will carry theguide-plate upward in position to receive another package.

If found in practice convenient anddesirable, the pasting-table,paste-cylinder, the labelcarrier, and the label-holder may be arrangedupon abase in such order that they may be conveniently inclosed with asuitable cover, as partially shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

The flange upon the pasting-table, forming the paste-receptacle withwhich the perforated plate and pad reciprocate, may be of any desiredcontour, and, likewise, the pad upon which the dry labels are rested inthe label box or casing. y.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. The combination, with an apertured table providedwith a flange upon its upper face surrounding said aperture, and atubular support for said table, of a cylinder connected with saidtubular support, and a springactuated pad resting upon the table abovethe apertures therein, substantially as and for the purpose herein setforth.

2. The combination,with an inclosiii g iiange or casing open at its top,of a spring-seated paste-pad within said casing, a paste-receptaclebeing formed below the pad to supply paste thereto, substantially as setforth.

3. A label paster, holder, and afiixer coinprising a pasting-table, acylinder supplying paste to said table, a spring-actuated pad restingupon said table, a box or casing adgacent to the pasting-table, providedwith an upwardly-projecting pad secured centrally to its bottoni, aspring-actuated vertically-reciprocating guide-plate provided with anopening adapted to receive the pad, and a flange projecting upw'ard fromsaid guide-plate and surrounding the pad-opening, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

4. A label paster, holder, and afiXer consist-ing in a pasting-table, acylinder adapted to supply paste to said table, a spring-actuated pad ofabsorbent material resting upon said table, a box or casing arrangedadjacent to the pasting-table, provided with a pad'secured centrally toits bottom and projecting upward essentially flush with the upper edgesof the box or casing, and springs attached to the bottom of the said boXor casing, one at each -side of said pad, a guide-plate resting uponsaid springs adapted for vertical reciprocation in the box or casing andprovided with an opening adapted to receive the pad, and a verticaliiange projecting from the upper surface of the guide-plate around thepadopeiiing a short distance therefrom, substant-ially as and for thepurpose specified.

ELIAS H. FAULKNER.

Vitnes-ses:

ARTHUR MORE, JosEPH A. WHITE.

